There are almost as many words for parents and grandparents as there are parenting methods. What words we and our kids decide to use, whether mom, mommy, or Ima, can say a lot about where we come…from and who we are, despite the fact that they are merely words. If anything, writers understand that words have meaning--and how we use them is also meaningful. But sometimes, of course, your kid just picks a name and it sticks! This is why we recently asked our Facebook community this question: What do your… >> Read More

It seems over the past few years, names have become less gendered, and many parents are opting to use names traditionally used for boys for their baby girls (though not so much vice versa... hmmmm).…Even celebrities are catching onto the trend, such as Jewish actress Mila Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher, who named their little girl Wyatt. Recently, Nameberry compiled a list of names traditionally associated with boys that are now being used for girls--and many of them are Hebrew. Check out the list below for the popular Jewish boy names, along with the… >> Read More

It's the moment you were waiting for with bated breath (well maybe not that extreme...), but the results are finally in! The Social Security Administration released its list of the 2015 most popular…baby names this morning. And Jewish baby names were all over it. For the past few years, Jewish boy names were much more popular than Jewish girl names, with five boy names taking the top 10 spots--while four Jewish girl names appeared on the beloved top 10. The Social Security Administration’s list is based on the names given to… >> Read More

Choosing what to name your new baby is a decision that is definitely not to be made lightly--because that name will follow your child around for the rest of their life (unless they hate it so much,…they change it). When it comes to choosing a name, you may be basing the name largely on tradition and meaning, which is why we rounded up 10 of our favorite names that are from the bible. Sometimes, going back to your roots is the best bet. We chose some old favorites, along with some names… >> Read More

I’m planning a Hebrew naming ceremony for my children. They aren’t twins. And they aren’t babies. Rather, despite their different ages, they haven’t already experienced this lovely rite…of passage because I was ambivalent about my Jewishness. While I was raised Jewish and never questioned my religion, when my first husband insisted that I have my mother’s Jewishness “checked” by an Orthodox rabbi, this changed. According to this rabbi, my mother’s conversion wasn’t kosher, and in order to be married in an Orthodox… >> Read More